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Your best just got better : work smarter, think bigger, make more
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Publication Information:
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012
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xviii, 251 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781118121986

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Imagine if your best just got better every single day

In Your Best Just Got Better , productivity expert Jason Womack teaches readers that working longer hours doesn't make up for a flawed approach to productivity and performance. Workers need to clarify their habits, build mindset-based strategies, and be proactive. Womack's signature "workplace performance" techniques offer specific strategies to consistently and incrementally improve performance.

Readers will:

Understand the fundamentals of workflow and the principles of human performance Arm themselves with the tools and the processes to get more of their work done, on time, with fewer resources, and with less stress

Making your best better won't happen overnight, but learning how to effectively manage just a few critical success factors lead to an effective workday and an overall successful professional career.


Author Notes

JASON W. WOMACK is CEO and founder of the Jason Womack Company, which provides customized training on workplace performance. As an executive coach, he shows clients--managers, employees, and entrepreneurs--how to work smart, think big , and make more . Coaching hundreds of individuals and traveling extensively, Jason has facilitated more than 1200 Workplace Performance workshops.


Table of Contents

Marshall Goldsmith
Forewordp. xi
Prologuep. xiii
Introductionp. xv
Part 1 Work Smarterp. 1
1 Improvement and You: Identifying Your Role in Making Your Best Betterp. 3
2 Improvement and Pacing: Building and Sustaining Habits That Lead to Productivityp. 29
3 Improvement and Time: Get the Most from 1 Percent of Your Day!p. 49
Part 2 Think Biggerp. 71
4 Improvement and Self-Efficacy: If You Think You Can, You Probably Canp. 73
5 Improvement and the Social Network: If You Want to Go Far, Fast, Go Togetherp. 91
6 Improvement and Tracking: What Is in the Way, What Is Along the Way?p. 109
7 Improvement and Purpose: Clarify and Promote Your Own "So That..."p. 129
Part 3 Make Morep. 153
8 Improvement and Feedback: Knowing How to Ask for It and What to Do with Itp. 155
9 Improvement and Focus: The Resource That Affects All Othersp. 179
10 Improvement and Practice: Practice Doesn't Make Perfect, It Makes Comfortablep. 201
Conclusionp. 227
Acknowledgmentsp. 233
Indexp. 235
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